Tina Lifford

Tina Lifford

Evanston, Illinois 40 Credits

Biography

Tina Lifford emerged as an actress in 1994 as series lead in the critically acclaimed FOX comedy-drama South Central. In a career of more than twenty-five years, notable credits include Grand Canyon (1991), Mandela and De Klerk (1997), Blood Work (2002), Hostage (2005), Parenthood (2011-2015) and Scandal (2015). Her humanitarian work focuses on the importance of inner fitness.

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We Strangers

We Strangers

2024

as Willie Martin

2.0
Acting

Rayelle Martin works as a commercial cleaner in Gary, Indiana. She's mischievous, playful, and skilled at adapting to her surroundings. One day while ...

Heaven Down Here

Heaven Down Here

2023

as Clara

7.7
Acting

Inspired by Mickey Guyton’s song of the same name, “Heaven Down Here” tells the story of four disparate people who find themselves stranded in a local...

A Holiday in Harlem

A Holiday in Harlem

2021

as Mama Belle

4.6
Acting

Business executive Jazmin Carter is known for two things: turning fledgling businesses into profit producers and avoiding Christmas in Harlem, the nei...

Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2

Cherished Memories: A Gift to Remember 2

2019

as Mrs. Henley

5.6
Acting

As Darcy and Aiden prepare to celebrate their second Christmas together, an unexpected guest and a fight to save the beloved community center unites e...

A Gift to Remember

A Gift to Remember

2017

as Mrs. Henley / Landlord

6.1
Acting

After colliding with a pedestrian on her bicycle who loses his memory following the accident, Darcy Archer becomes determined to help the handsome guy...

Worry Dolls

Worry Dolls

2016

as Della DeGracie

5.3
Acting

A brutal serial killer is finally gunned down in the middle of carrying out one last heinous act of bloody murder. In the maniac’s possession, a box o...

Mystery Woman: Redemption

Mystery Woman: Redemption

2006

as Bonnie

6.6
Acting

Samantha Kinsey is the owner of the Mystery Woman bookstore and an expert in criminology. This time she will have to solve the murder of a war veteran...

Catch and Release

Catch and Release

2006

as Eve

5.9
Acting

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends.

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

Urban Legends: Bloody Mary

2005

as Grace Taylor

4.9
Acting

On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.

Hostage

Hostage

2005

as Laura Shoemaker

6.3
Acting

When a mafia accountant is taken hostage on his beat, a police officer – wracked by guilt from a prior stint as a negotiator – must negotiate the stan...

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder

Mystery Woman: Sing Me a Murder

2005

as Bonnie

5.4
Acting

Murder is something to sing about when Mystery Woman Samantha Kinsey-an expert in pulp fiction, and increasingly proficient when it comes to real-life...

Blood Work

Blood Work

2002

as Detective Jaye Winston

6.2
Acting

Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a seri...

Joe Somebody

Joe Somebody

2001

as Cassandra Taylor

5.7
Acting

When underappreciated video specialist Joe Scheffer is brutally humiliated by office bully Mark McKinney in front of his daughter, Joe begins a quest ...

Panic

Panic

2000

as Dr. Leavitt

6.2
Acting

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and hi...

Pay It Forward

Pay It Forward

2000

as Principal

7.4
Acting

Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the worl...

The 70s

The 70s

2000

as Aunt Olavee

5.3
Acting

Four friends, fresh from tragedy at Kent Sate, graduate from college and begin their adult lives during the turbulent 1970s. But Dexter, Eileen, Byron...

The Loretta Claiborne Story

The Loretta Claiborne Story

2000

as Rita Claiborne

5.0
Acting

A disabled young girl from a disadvantaged home setting develops self esteem and success in life through Special Olympics competition. Based on the tr...

Letters from a Killer

Letters from a Killer

1998

as Elizabeth

5.3
Acting

A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his se...

Cloned

Cloned

1997

as Claire Barnes

4.0
Acting

In the year 2008, a married couple is distraught over losing their 8 year old son in a boating accident. However, when the mother suddenly sees anothe...

Gun

Gun

1997

as Sally

7.0
Acting

Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Mandela and de Klerk

Mandela and de Klerk

1997

as Winnie Mandela

6.5
Acting

Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine both received Emmy nominations for their performances in this made-for-TV movie. The plot follows Nelson Mandela's 27...

After Jimmy

1996

as Susan Johnson

3.5
Acting

This is a story of Jimmy, a high school senior, who is struggling with his school life, family pressures, future choices. When it becomes too much, Ji...

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

1996

as Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Acting

The true story of Olympic gold medalist Gail Devers (Charlayne Woodard) and her fight to combat Graves disease while becoming the fastest female sprin...

America's Dream

America's Dream

1996

as Sarah (segment "Long Black Song")

6.5
Acting

Made especially for the HBO cable network, this well-wrought feature is comprised of three short stories by three noted black American authors, each o...

Divas

Divas

1995

as Geraldine

10.0
Acting

This pilot for a prospective series is an ensemble drama chronicling the ups and downs of a young, all-female, black singing group from Seattle.

Babe

Babe

1995

as Sheep (voice)

6.2
Acting

Babe is a little pig who doesn't quite know his place in the world. With a bunch of odd friends, like Ferdinand the duck who thinks he is a rooster an...

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

In the Line of Duty: The Price of Vengeance

1994

as Jean

5.7
Acting

A criminal gang commits a string of violent robberies and murders, culminating in the assassination of the police detective on the case, which may lea...

Born Too Soon

Born Too Soon

1993

as Latanya

4.0
Acting

American television film about the life of Emily Butterfield, a baby girl who was born prematurely and died 53 days after her birth.

The Ernest Green Story

The Ernest Green Story

1993

as Mrs. Green

6.9
Acting

Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.

Bebe's Kids

Bebe's Kids

1992

as Additional Voices (voice)

5.7
Acting

When Robin meets the lovely Jamika he thinks he's in heaven. But when he meets her friend Bebe's children, whom she is looking after, he knows he's in...

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon

1991

as Deborah

6.5
Acting

Grand Canyon revolved around six residents from different backgrounds whose lives intertwine in modern-day Los Angeles. At the center of the film is t...

The Rape of Doctor Willis

The Rape of Doctor Willis

1991

as Rollins

4.5
Acting

A drama directed by Lou Antonio.

Wedlock

Wedlock

1991

as Policewoman

5.8
Acting

A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot, electronically attached to a female prisoner.

Paris Trout

Paris Trout

1991

as Mary Sayers

5.4
Acting

Paris Trout is a vile Southern bigot. He owns a store and is a loanshark. He often sues people, and so his lawyer, Harry Seagraves, eventually meets P...

New Jack City

New Jack City

1991

as Recovering Addict

6.6
Acting

A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infi...

Moe's World

Moe's World

1990

Acting

The spirit of a deceased 11-year-old boy acts as the guardian of his family and friends in the working-class neighborhood he left behind.

The Fabulous Baker Boys

The Fabulous Baker Boys

1989

as Background Voice (voice)

6.6
Acting

The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.

Colors

Colors

1988

as Mrs. Craig

6.5
Acting

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enfor...

Nuts

Nuts

1987

as Lawyer #2

6.3
Acting

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

The Ladies Club

The Ladies Club

1986

as Patty

5.2
Acting

A policewoman who was raped forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrate men who have committed repeated violations of wo...